Grammar | Sentence and Its parts (Posistions of Subject and Predicate in Sentence)

 

GRAMMAR

Sentence and Its parts

Positions of Subject and Predicate in Sentence:

  Nearly always, the Subject sentence comes first. There are occasions, however, when Subject does not come first. (!) Occasionally, for purposes of emphases, the natural world order will be changed so that the predicate comes first.

=> I roared into third base. (No emphases).

=> Into third base roared I. (Emphases on the predicate, which comes first).

(!) In sentences that give commands, rather than make statements, once again the Subject can come first, but nearly every time, part of the verb and Subject are deleted.

=> You will do as I tell you! <=> Do as I tell you!

(!) Sometimes, the subject can be moved out of its initial position, and a Lexically empty word ( that is, it has no meaning at all)takes its place.